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From: leres@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.eunice
Subject: Re: vms format files and unix format files
Message-ID: <18011@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Thu, 26-Mar-87 01:14:15 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 26 01:14:15 1987
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Reply-To: leres@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Craig Leres)
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In article <986@epimass.UUCP> jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck) writes:

>Also, doing random seeks and modifications to a file only works if
>it's in Unix format.

In article <17989@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> I write:

>I disagree with the statement that random seeks only work with Unix files;

Then in article <999@epimass.UUCP> jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck) writes:

>You misquoted (or rather, misparaphrased) me.  I said you can't
>UPDATE a "VMS format" file using random seeks (as in read-modify-write).

I think you misquote yourself. Forgive me for being so picky, but it's one
of my bad habits. (Excuse me now while I don my asbestos jump suit...)

		Craig